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The Moon on Saturday, August 15, 1959: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on August 15, 1959Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 15 August 1959370,091 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 15, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.4% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
370,091 km229,964 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1959 is on Tuesday, August 18, 1959 at 12:51 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 4, 1959 at 14:34 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 11, 195917:10
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 18, 195912:51

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Saturday, August 15, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 4, 1959 to the new moon of September 3, 1959, a cycle of 29.47 days.